Air Belgium, Backed By Chinese Travel Agency, Gains AOC

PARIS and BEIJING—A new Belgian airline with backing from a huge Chinese travel agency received its air operator’s certificate (AOC) and plans to begin flying to China in April, starting with a service to Hong Kong. The carrier, Air Belgium, has received a leased Airbus A340-300 and expects to have three more before the beginning of the northern summer. Its base will be Brussels South Charleroi Airport. Air Belgium is partly owned by UTour, China’s largest travel agency, ...